Key terms & definitions

Software that detects malicious software, helps prevent infection and can remove malware already present on a system.

Software that detects and blocks malware and can quarantine or remove detected threats.

A substance that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.

A substance that kills microorganisms or prevents them from growing.

A substance that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth.

A substance released by cells that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth.

A substance that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.

Substances that kill microorganisms or inhibit their growth.

A substance that helps protect body cells from damage caused by free radicals.

Medication used to reduce psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, by altering neurotransmitter activity in the brain.

Organised efforts to challenge racial prejudice, discrimination and racist political activity.

Opposition to racism through campaigning, protest, education or legal action.

A medicine used to control HIV infection; it treats the infection but does not cure it.

A medicine used to control HIV infection by reducing the virus's reproduction.

Medicines that control HIV by limiting its replication, slowing damage to the immune system and reducing the chance of progression to AIDS.

The campaign launched in June 1957 to punish people accused of opposing communist rule, including many who had criticised the Party during the Hundred Flowers campaign.

A pupil subculture whose values and behaviour oppose school rules or academic expectations, for example by valuing truancy or refusing homework.

Prejudice, hostility or discrimination directed against Jewish people.

Prejudice, hostility or discrimination directed towards Jewish people.

Prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people because they are Jewish.

A substance used to kill microorganisms on living tissue and reduce the risk of infection.

A substance that kills microorganisms or prevents their growth, used on living tissue.

A chemical used on living tissue, such as skin, to kill microorganisms or stop their growth.

Behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress to others, such as intimidation or persistent disorder.

Behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress to other people.

Behaviour that harms other people or goes against accepted social rules.

Behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress to other people; it can overlap with criminal activity.

Behaviour that harms other people or damages their property, such as bullying, violence or vandalism.

Behaviour by a group that harms others or breaks social rules, such as collective violence, vandalism or looting.

The ability to prevent or reduce a build-up of static electrical charge.